Hussain Sajwani has built his company from humble beginnings to make it a global empire it is today. A graduate of Washington University, Sajwani began his career as a Contract Manager of GASCO, a subsidiary company of ADNOC. In 1992, he ventured into his own business and started a catering venture. Over time, this business has grown to provide services globally in addition to managing more than 200 projects. It has a market share in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Primarily, this particular venture specializes in providing ancillary services including workforce supply, camp management, and maintenance.

Notably, according to aliqtisadi.com, Sajwani was a crucial player in property market expansion in Dubai; in the 90s, he leveraged the influx of people coming to the country to do business and built several hotels. His most significant breakthrough was in 2002 when he established the DAMAC Properties that has grown to be one of the biggest property development companies in the Middle East. The company has over 2000 employees and is publicly listed in the Dubai Financial Market. So far, DAMAC Properties has delivered over 20,000 homes with an additional 44,000 units in various stages of development.

In its effort to bring new and exciting concepts in the market, DAMAC Properties has worked in tandem with notable fashion brands including Versace Home, Just Cavalli, Fendi Casa, and Bugatti. Also, a project under DAMAC Properties is a Tiger Woods-designed golf course that will be managed by Trump Organization. Further, the company launched its hospitality division, DAMAC Maison, in 2011 whose role is to provide services to hotel rooms and apartments. This puts the company in the list of the largest hotel operators in the Middle East.

Hussain Sajwani also has business interests in trading and has invested in Al Amana Building Materials that is linked with notable brands such as Dorn Bracht, Villeroy & Botch, and Grohe. He also has investments in Anwar Ceramic Tiles and Al Jazeera Services. Moreover, Sajwani has served in the boards of Majan University College in Muscat, Emirates Takaful Company (Abu Dhabi), and JUNO Online in New York. He has also contributed to philanthropic endeavors as well and recently donated AED 2 million in a campaign to clothe underprivileged children around the world. No doubt, Sajwani’s entrepreneurial skills have been integral to the success of DAMAC Properties and its affiliate ventures.

Milan Kordestani is the CEO and Founder of Milan Farms. He is also a writer for Huffington Post and a graduate of the Bay Area. Kordestani founded Milan Farms in 2015 in the hopes of creating organically raising poultry and growing pure saffron. Milan Farms has succeeded in its ventures and now offers pure saffron, free range/organic eggs, and mint. Milan Farms goal is to present a genuine option for consumers. They provide transparency while raising animals and only exercise organic options for their plants.

Milan Kordestani was raised in Stanford, California and went to Phillips Brooks Elementary school. After his parents divorced, he moved to London where he attended Eaton Square School. Finally, in 2010 Kordestani relocated to the Bay Area where he graduated from Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton.

Kordestani became fond of riding horses at ten years old, after the experience of being thrown off of a horse while trail riding. He braved the situation and rode the horse back to camp directly after being thrown off of it. This showed a sense of courage that most other children would not have exhibited in such a situation. Shortly after, he began excelling in the sport. Betts Coup of The National Horseman noted that he had natural form and a competitive dedication that would drive him to achieve major goals. Kordestani began by training with lesson horses and quickly made the jump to competing with world champion horses. He proved his skill in 2015 by winning the first leg of the triple crown.

Kordestani founded Milan Farms during his sophomore year of high school. He created this company with the goal of producing poultry, eggs, and saffron through a network of farms across the United States. Milan Farms made Kordestani the first farmer to grow saffron hydroponically on microfiber sponges. Milan Farms was trademarked in 2016 and has grown to encompass three farm locations where they distribute eggs across the west coast and saffron internationally. As Kordestani moves forward he is further researching ways to innovate. Although he understands the importance in traditional irrigation, he has been studying hydroponic and aquaponic systems that would allow him to move forward in his ventures.

OSI Group is a large food production company that is based in America. The organization was started in this beautiful country several decades ago, and it has been growing and offering consumers high quality products. OSI Group has expanded significantly, and it is currently a leader in the complicated food market. The company success can be attributed to its able leadership. The person who has been occupying the position of the chief executive officer is Sheldon Lavin. This businessman joined the company when it was still in its small stages, but with his help, the company has been recognized as one of the best in the entire world.

Moving from a small meat company into a large food processing company is no joke. Just recently, Sheldon Lavin was asked to speak about his journey and how he has managed to transform the company into a leader in the market. The businessman says that he joined the company so that he could make the finances better. When he was still a newbie in the organization, Sheldon Lavin did not know that he was the person who was going to introduce the changes everyone wanted for the food company. His background in finance played a massive role in the achievements made the company so far.

Sheldon Lavin was not trained to specialize in food processing. The businessman went to some of the world’s leading universities so that he could become a financial consultant. After establishing a career in finance, Sheldon joined OSI Group, and he managed to make it one of the best in the international market. Currently, OSI Group has changed lives and moved to greater milestones because of the assistance it has received from Lavin. Lavin has made sure that the company has doubled its productions in many locations so that the needs of the customers can never be neglected. This year, OSI Group purchased Tyson Food Plant and several other institutions so that it can improve the kind of products it offers its customers. Sheldon Lavin played a huge role in the acquisition of all the food plants by the company in the recent times.

After the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the case that involved End Citizens United group against F.E.C, many things have taken place in the U.S especially during electioneering period than any other time in the history of the U.S. The case that was before the jury was not an easy one. The jury was supposed to decide whether it is lawful for candidates, special interest groups or political parties to spend an unlimited amount of money during political campaigns.

In other words, those who were for the case argued that nobody should stop anybody from spending. Anybody can spend the way they want in an election. Political groups, as well as their candidates, can spend as much as they want without question. It is on this idea that End Citizens United group was formed on March 1, 2015. When coming up with the group, three years ago, the founders said that they were committed to ending the limitless expenditure. They said that candidates, special interest groups, and political parties must be stopped from spending a lot during elections.

To achieve their goal, End Citizens United started to lobby their members to contribute. They continue to contribute to date. Speaking during the launch in 2015, Richard Carbo, End Citizens United’s Communications Director said that as long as the members are willing to contribute, they will raise whatever needed amount to put their pro-reform leaders in positions of governance.

True to Richard’s words, by August 2015, five months after forming the group, End Citizens United had collected $2 million. “This money is a donation from well-wishers and is going to support our noble course in a large way. We are seeking to raise this money to hit $25 million or even $30 million. Much is dependent on how our members are willing to donate,” Richard said.

Since its formation three years ago, this organization has continued to show political goodwill to candidates who share their ideas. The group backs pro-reform Democrats, something that does auger well with Republicans who say that End Citizens United is spending lots of money on candidates to entice the electorate.

Hussain Sajwani’s father was an entrepreneur and owned a shop that would sell shirts, watches, Parker pens, and import goods from China. Hussain was among the first few students privileged to obtain a government scholarship to study in the United States. His relentless efforts at the University of Washington earned him a degree in Economics and Industrial Engineering. Mr. Hussain Sajwani began his career in 1981 as a finance professional in Abu Dhabi Gas Industries. Over time, he launched a catering venture that targeted Bechtel and the U.S. military. His catering venture currently operates as Global Logistics Services.

Hussain Sajwani established DAMAC Properties, one of the Middle East’s top real estate agencies in 2002. Under the leadership of Mr. Sajwani, the company has developed approximately 19,000 apartments since its launch in 2002, and currently has more than 44,000 units under construction. Its shares started to trade on the Dubai Financial Market in 2015. Some of DAMAC Properties’ projects include luxury villas, paramount resorts and hotels, and golf courses. Gulf Business named Hussain Sajwani as one of the top 100 most influential investors from the Middle East.

Sajwani lives in Dubai with his wife and four children. One of his sons, Ali Sajwani, went to the Boston-based North Eastern University where he graduated with a degree in Economics. He currently serves as DAMAC Group’s general manager and the Arabian Business Achievement Award named him as one of the Future Stars in the Middle East in 2017. Hussain Sajwani sponsored the launch of DAMAC Foundation, a One Million Arab Coders Initiative, which specializes in the delivery of free software development training programs to youths in the Middle East.

Among the most distinguished honors for Mississippi connected Artists and their patrons is the Noel Polk Lifetime achievement award. Unfortunately for them this year, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) awarded an architect within Mississippi, Robert Ivy, the Executive vice president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). This award tops Roberts accomplishments throughout his career. Together with Andrew Young of Pearl River studio, he was awarded on June 2nd and officially joined the ranks behind previous honorees like Shelby Foot. Besides being an architect, he is an editor and author. Robert Ivy has published a Fay Jones Biography, a book that talks about an American architect who was a staunch follower of Frank Wright.

The publication is currently on its third edition. Mr. Robert has served on a panel that designated Frank Gehry to draw plans of the national Dwight Eisenhower memorial. He got his editing expertise from McGraw Hill an architectural record where he was a chief editor. During his time at the construction media house, they managed to distribute the highest number of the architectural journal worldwide. The record won several publication honors in the industry for both general and management excellence. Among the awards were the premier magazine journalism award and the national magazine award. The renowned architect holds a Masters of architecture from Tulane University despite having done English in his undergraduate at Sewanee, the University of the south.

Robert Ivy has earned numerous awards since he joined the industry. In 2009, he won the Crane awards and a year later got recognition by the architectural fraternity, Alpha Rho Chi as a master architect. This was a tremendous honor for him, being the only artist in the 21st century and among the only seven iconic architects with the title such as Richard Fuller. The MIAL president commended him for a job well done bringing architecture closer to the natives of Mississippi. Having seen AIA through attaining its highest level of success with its memberships increasing, Carl Elefante the president, appreciated and thanked Robert Ivy for being an incredible ambassador for the company and architecture in general. He has established an excellent reputation for himself in the field.

A real trailblazer of the investment industry is Fortress Investment Group. This investment firm has been in operation since 1998, after being founded by its three founders; Rob Kauffman (who retired in 2002), Wesley R. Edens, and Randal Nardone (who are still presidents of the company). Fortress is among the companies that started as private equity firms. The founders wanted to form an investment company of a unique kind that would facilitate in the consolidation of capital in the form of private equity and then invest it in cutting-edge instruments of investment that would help create more permanent cash flow for the company. The company started, and its success followed. Within the first five years of existence, Fortress Investment Group had already grown into a very large investment company.

However, the company remained a private equity organization, an aspect that was limiting its growth. In 2002, the firm’s management decided to diversify the company’s portfolio. They intended to manage more investment strategies for their clients so that they could minimize the risk of investing in a single asset strategy. This was when they came up with the idea of recruiting the third co-principal, Peter Briger. When Briger joined Fortress Investment Group, he immediately turned the company into an alternative asset manager. He introduced other asset strategies like real estate, permanent capital instruments, hedge funds, liquid markets and credit funds. This led to tremendous increase in the company’s assets from slightly over $500 million to $3.9 billion.

This was a great step since Fortress could then yield remarkable investment returns for their investors.The actual breakthrough for Fortress Investment Group came in 2007 when the organization went public. I was the first company of its nature and caliber in the whole world to announce an Initial Public Offer. This move was taken with a lot of seriousness in the industry, to the extent of even other companies imitating the move. A lot of companies followed the example of Fortress Group by also going public. Fortress gained a lot of popularity and acquired more clients who were interested in the success of the company. As we speak, The group manages assets for more than 2000 investors globally.

Being born from a poor background should never define who you are and what the fate of your life would be. Jim Toner is one man who was never intimidated by his history but instead focused on his goals. Currently, he is not only an entrepreneur but a philanthropist and a real estate investor as well. Additionally, he is the founder of Wealthy 101 systems, a platform for giving an insight on the emerging trends in the business world and how to tackle them.

From his recent news, Jim Toner explains how he survived in the real estate venture. He has been in the real estate business for 25 years. He gives a vivid picture of how he started with no money, to giving making it in the real estate world. The real estate business became a hurdle for him as from 2010. The unfortunate incidences started when he was approached by a conman who claimed to partner with him and his associates. The conman lured him into his trap by claiming to give them a good deal. The conman previously operated one of the most successful real estates in Arizona State. He even went ahead and showed them high profiles athletes. This gave them the confidence of partnering with him.

Just as the old saying goes, “better the devil you know than the angel you don’t know,” was a reality for Jim Toner. The partner managed to still all their money and left Jim Toner and his associates with no money. After the traumatizing incidence, Jim decided to quit the real estate business. It taught him about the dirty game that happens in the real estate business.

He began coaching the people on how they could improve their business income through working with the celebrities. Additionally, he had written a book known as, “Sending in the Wolves.” Surprisingly enough, the book managed to attain position one on Amazon. The book majored on the challenges that he faced as an entrepreneur in the real estate and how the scam is done in the same field. It was an inspirational book.

Hussain Sajwani is one of the people known to have rapidly exploded into prominence through his entrepreneurship expertise. He is the owner of DAMAC Properties which is a leading company in Dubai in the real estate industry. There are a lot of risks and uncertainties in this, and not many entrepreneurs who venture in it can ensure their survival in the market for a significant time. Hussain Sajwani, the DAMAC owner, has proved to be an oracle in this sector since many have invested in it and have left because of the many challenges that lead to their collapse but he has always been able to cope up with, and his company is continuing to snowball even today.

In one of his interviews, he says that one of the critical factor that has enabled him to survive in the crazy competitive market in the real estate industry, is the ability to speculate about the future. This allows him to prepare for the risks and uncertainties so that when they come, they won’t get him unaware and be in confusion on how to deal with them.

He gives an example of the year 2008 economic depression due to the political crisis experienced during that time. He says that he and his team were able to see that coming, and when many businesses were forced to close, his company remained still, and it was never affected.

Another factor that has made his DAMAC Properties to expand over the years is the ability to keep updated with the technology. The market change from time to time regarding customer tastes and preferences, changes in the market structures among others that are caused by the change in technology. If a business person is not able to keep up with the changes, then he or she may end up being eliminated from the market.

Randal Nardone is a successful investor and lawyer who has built his career for over twenty years. He pioneered Fortress Investment Group in 1998 with Wes Edens and has since served as its principal. Fortress Investment Group is a private equity company based in New York. Randal serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Fortress Investment and is responsible for the firm’s financial and legal dealings. He has steered the company to become a leading investment choice for people from all over the world. Randal has led the company to receive various accolades like the 2014 Hedge Fund Manager Award. The self-made billionaire is listed at number 557 on the Forbes Magazine billionaires list. He mostly amassed his wealth during the Initial Public Offering of Fortress Investment Group.

Randal is also a member on several other boards which offer him lucrative salaries. For Instance, he serves as the Principal and Director of the Fortress Credit Corporation, Non-Executive Director for Alea Group Holdings and the Director of SpringLeaf Finance, Inc. In 2017, SoftBank acquired Fortress Investment Group. Randal Nardone lauded this move and expressed his confidence that the partnership would offer more investment ventures. He pointed out that this would raise the confidence of investors and bring more profits to the company. During the acquisition, SoftBank retained Randal and his co-principals because of their leadership. Softbank was keen on continuing with the culture and values that they had created which steered Fortress to success.

Employees of Fortress Investment Group are happy with their salaries and the conducive work environment created by the management. They admire Randal’s leadership style which concentrates on fostering teamwork. His employees describe him as a skilled and passionate leader who is also an excellent mentor. Randal Nardone attended the Sewanee: The University of the South where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Randal also went to Tulane University and studied Law. Before venturing into equity investment, he had a successful Law career at Thatcher Proffitt & Woods where he was also a partner. He became interested in finance after advising many financial institutions in his days as a lawyer. Before he co-founded Fortress Investment Group, he worked as the Managing Director of USB for a year. Randal also worked for a short period at BlackRock Financial investment. It is with through these jobs that he acquired knowledge and experience to start his company.